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About Oregon spectator. (Oregon City, O.T. [i.e. Or.]) 1846-1855 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1847)
'PHi7Jr,i ' ML ' ""T "aMHJrm ""WSLi n i' ww tjnns pl and depriving tlioin of their righls. I think you havo thn right to irohitut iu intra, tltiotioti; no una oau 'dispute your right tu regulate it down tu tho want of tho medical irufotjiofi. With regard to taking away tho libation ft tho people, prohibitory laws are passed by all 'Li-glilaturcs.' 1 will simply glvo bff6 Instance. ' In alaw)f WaVtmcliusHt passed '23d of March 1933, it U declared, that "any person who ahull, in violation of thn law, sell u lottery ticket, or knowlhglv suffer ono to to sold In any building owned or rented by him, wllhfn the comimmwealtb, lib shall for fcit and pay a huiii not lew than onn hundred nor more than two thousand' dollars; and thflt if,any one after conviction, shall repeat tho offence, Jh shall b sentenced for every ubseuwu olfoncc, to labor in the house of oorrrcttom or in the common jail, for a tonn of tin) sot lew than thro months, nor more than twel Ve months." This was not consid. isrod by tho phoploas taking away their liber, ties, though it deprived some of the liborty of ruiniag themselves, and others from mak. ing money out of their ruin and is notthia Mtntuto founded on tho true principle oflcgi. lation, not to license evil, but to defend the community from it ; other States have pass, d similar laws. Vfhjm a crime is commit ted by ony persoiKwhilo under the influence of liquor, where docs tho rcflponoibility rest ? Tho individual when sober inform us ho did not know what lie was doing the bcllcr says I have a license to sell liquor, and sold it to ' the man according to lay. Would it not bo for tho advantage of the Territory to tuko away this pica from tho seller ? Tho license system throws a bulwark around the dealer in anient spirits behind which ho intrenches himself. Removo this bulwark plea tho law against him and public sentiment will put him down. Tho temperance causo is an onward one. Wo hear of State after State decidiag through tho ballot box that no li cense to sell liquor shqll bo granted within us comers, ana mo supreme laurt at vraaa iagton, to which several coses liadLbewt car lied up from tho Circuit Courts arising from the liquor question, decided at thelast term of the Court "that tho States have a right to regulate tho trudo in, and licensing of, tho sale 'of ardent spirits." Oar Organic Law says tho Legislature shall have power to regulato tho introduc tion, manufacture or sale of ardent spirits. In the United States sonio of tho States pro. hi bit tho granting of licenses. The Su prcmo Court says tho States liavo a right to regulate thn licensing of tho salo of ardent spirits and under this right to regulift, tho States prohibit, and tho Court upholds them in it. Tho question, shall tho lioenso systoni be continued, or shall tho introduc tion, manufacture anil salo of nrdpnt spirits' bo prohibited, is in your hand and I hope in deciding upon it, you will take tho well, faro, happiness and future prosperity of tho Territory into consideration. You aro well aware' of our situation with regard to tho Indian population, and havo seen tho effect liquor has upon' them. You may liavo heard tlwin' Bay "if tho Jloston people would not furnish us tho liquor wo would not becomo auch'fooU." I loavo tho question witii you, sincerely , booing that should wo como under the juris diction of tho United States tho coming year, Yjvo may bo found with a law on our Statute tfooks prohibiting tho salo of liquor in this Territory. Our rclafion with tho Indians becomes evory year moro embarrassing. Thoy see tlm whim man oeouDVinc tho'lr" lands rapid ly filling up tho countryand thoy nut In a claim for pay. Thoy havo boon told that a Chief would como out from tho United States and treat with them for thoir lands. They havo been told this so often that thoy begin to doubt the truth of it. At all event, thoy nay "ho will not oome until wo aro all doad, oud then what good will blankets do us? Wo want something now' This leads to trodblo between tho sottler and tho Indians about him. Somo plan should bo doviscd by "which a Tumi can l raised and presents , uiaxlo to '1ho Indians 'of sufficient vulun tj kocp them quiet until an agent arrives from the United States. ; A ndmbor of robbcrloa havo been com. Inlttod by tho Indians iu tho uppor couutry '"on tho Jmniigronts as thoy, woro passing. through their territory. This Hhould not bo .itnurml in nana. An appropriation should bo "made by you' sufficient to ciiablo.iho.SdpQr- . . ... r T.lt.... AITnlra In tolrn n amnll uuenaeni ov inuwu oi w - party in the Spring and demand restHWtonofl thn n'rnntirtv nit l iMtJuittmlU- f - .i f..wv. v. IHf VUtTWIOU III IIVI M Without an apb'roprlatlan a'Wflicfeht party could not W 'induced to go up there; aithe trip is afl expensive one. " '.' " The Immigration the peat season His been much' larger thari any pfeceedfrig one- amounting to betweerffoutand five thousand sdtils. 'They have all arrived' Infthe settle ments, uhless there should 'be 'a few families mi il' at tho Dallsand Cascades, an'd scattered themselves over tho Territory. Tho majori ty of them are farmora'and mechanics. Tlloy will add much' to tho" flituro welfare and prosperity of Oregon. '' ' During the past season we havo been viah od by a number of vessel some of them drawing moro water than tho vessels that have usually visited us. I am happy to say they received full cargoes on board and crossed tho bar in safety. The provisions of tho Pilot law havo been carried out, and its good effects aro already visible. Tho able Pilot at tho mouth of the river has made himself fully acquainted with the chaunel and currents, thus diminishing the dangers that formerly attended vessels coming to tho rivor. Tho time is not far distant when our rivor will be entered with more ease and facility than manvof tho nortsin tho United States on tho Atlantic coast, and Captains will wondor why tho entranco was so much dreaded, forgetting that they aro reaping tho benefits of exporienco. Tho causo of education demands your attention. School Districts should be formed in the different counties, and school houses built teachers would bo employed by the peoplo I havo no doubt, and thus pavo the way for moro advanced institutions. In closing allow mo to unito with you in expressions of gratification to that Being who has preserved us during tho past year, and granted as tho blessings of health, peace and prosperity. May we continuo to merit his mercies by acknowledging our dependence on' him, and keeping his law before us. V-GEO. ABERNETHY. Oregon City, 7th December, 1847. il te CeMMssw To the Hon. the Senate and House of Rem senlatives of the United States in Congress asses-MM . Your memorialists, tho Legislative Aascre bly of Oregon Territory, would respectfully beg leavo once mora to lay before your Hon. body a brief statement of their situation and wants. Having called upon tho Government of tho United States so often in vain, we havo al most despaired of receiving its protection; yet wo trust that our .present situation, when fully laid before 'you, will at once satisfy your honorable body ol the great necessity of extending tho strong arm of guardianship and protection over this remote but beadtiful and valuable portion of tho United States dominion. . Our relations with tho proud and powerful tribes of Indians residing oaat of the Cas cado mountains, hitherto uniformly amicable and pacific, Havo recently assumed oUite a different character. They havo shouted the war wlwop and crimsoned their tomahawks in tho blood ot our citizens. Tho Uayuse Indians, after committing numerous outrages ami roDuonca upon mo uue emigrants, navo, without tho somblanco of provocation or ex cuso, murdered .eleven American citizens. Among tho murdered wero Dr. Marcus Whitman and "his amiaMe'Wife members of tho Am. Board of Foreign Missions. Called upon to resent this outrage, wo feel sensibly our weakness' and .inability to entor into a war with powerful tribes of Indians. Such outrages cannot however be suffered to pasa unpunished. It will be tho commencement of further and more cxlentlvo murders, and our hitherto pcacofulscttlcinonts will bocome tho bccuo of fierce and violent warfare. Wo do not doubt tho roadineas of the people of .this country to dofend their lives and pro perty, anil' to( submit to all tho privations in cident to a state of war in a now andiromoto settlement like this.' Circumstances .war rant your memorialists in bplioving.tbat ma ny of tHo powerful tribes inhabiting tho up por valley of the Columbia,' liavo fonncd aii allianco. for the purpp'so of.carrying on lios. tilitios against our settlements. The numbor of white population in Oregon is alarmingly insigninoant compared with tho swarms of Indians which throng its valleys. To ropcl tho attaok of so for'midabla lae, and proteot our families and property frora.violcQoet'and rapiuo, will require moro strength than wo We are defleiemt ia maiivef th grawd etMatiala of itnisiummjtlrm andireawmfi tat' them wr soto raMaaasy k on the Governmeat of diVaftollMiali we have the right Ttf' expert yra,'W yoii'are M jtffoe beuri Wexterrf Hfm oV although' we are, eepeimted frees or irtlrVa land by,a range of rrtonnUlM whoaeltfftV altkudes aro mantled hi, eternal eaowesl. thovurh- three thousand milea nearly- two thirds of which ia a howltofc wild lie be tween y and the-1 federal 'capful, yet odr1 hearts are naalienatM frowV the laad efjetir birth. ' Our lovoftr the free and aoMe fneti.' tutions under which it was our fortune' to be bom and 'Hurtuewl, remains unabated: In siort; we are'AKiaicAif still reafdlng in a country over which tho Govommeirt of the United States have tho sole ami acknowl. edged right of sovereignty and under such circumstances we have the right to claim the benefit of its laws and protection. Yoiir memorialists would avail themselves of this opportunity to irivite your attention to other subjects of deep and vital interest to the citizens of this territory. The very na ture or onr compact formed between the cit izens of a republic and tho subjects and of. ficial representatives of a monarchy is such that, tho ties of political union could not be drawn so closely as to produce that stability I and strength sufficient to form an efficient government. , This union between the dem ocrats of a republic'and wealthy aristocrat ic subjects or a monarchy, could not be formed without reserving to themselves the right of allegiance to their respective gov. ernments. Political jealousy and stronz party feeling havo tended to thwart and ren der impotent the acts of a government, from its very naturo, weak and insufficient. In establishing a regular form of government creating tribunals for the adjustment of tho rights of individuats, and tho prevention and punishment of crime, a debt has accumulated which, though an insignificant amount, your memorialists can devise no means of liqui dating. The revenue laws, from not being properly executed, while they are burden some to classes of our citizens and sections of country, are wholly disregarded by others and wholo counties, which for numerical atrenoth are equal 'to anv in tho lerriterv. and fully participating in all tho advantages ot our compact, nave never contributed any assistance in oeanng the common burden To coerce obedience' to our temporary government would at once destroy tho great ooject wnicn called it into existence the peace and harmony of our country. Anx iously looking forward to that happy period when wo should attain ho under tho nrotec. tion of our revered: and parent republic, wo have rather endeavored to maintain peace by forbearance than to command obedience by force hoping that tho dangers and dim. culties to bo apprehended from domestic dis cord, and from the savages around us, would bo postponed until we became an acknowl- edged people and under tho protection of our mot nor country. Tho action of your Hon. body in regard to mo tano in uregon, would seem to justi fy tho expectation that liberal grants would bo made to our citizens i vet tho uncertainty of our title, nnd tho uneasiness which 'is felt upon this subject, urges to press this subject upon your attontion. Our citizens, before leaving their homes in tho United States for Oregon, have had tho strongest inducements held out by Congress to'sottte this country, and their just expectations will not be met abort of a liberal donation of land. On the subject of filling tho offices that will be created in tho ovent of the extension of tho jurisdiction of the United States over this territory, your memorialists would res pect, tuny represent : that as tho pioneers or IMV 4IIUIIUHII IWiUIBllVU IU UIIB VUUIIIIJT, tho present citizens of Oregon have stroag claims upon tho patronage of tho Gcnoral government, and that it would be gratifying to havo them filled' by our' follow citizens I but as few of them of an equally deserving uumuer uu cniov wus iiu.ru vi ino nppruiw. v. .. ..".". .i,. .. tion oi our parent ropuouo, ana iu view ot our peculiar and difficult situation, it is t,ho opinion of your memorialists that it will bo better for tho future prosperity of our coun try, and that 'tho great inasa of the people will aonour with them, in rraucstint; that important and rcspoiisiblo Wices created hero such as tho otfico ol .Governor -an 1 W sK9 lswevl'JIi u UtJ ri- BefWdv4riH( on her W' MHH MrVLLT ?OT.lVBWlflf. ttMasfsMasV If it be'sfeti parent I som ai will noinhksiwmntd timemVn porary- govermneni 'tut', daily thicteofairnrttM to bunt tK tlsetT'faeaJs,' "1 ink umnier'i 'sua" stall ! bav now from1 TfaelBaj4itilua.;wa .. t It . .Ts I .,-.. ,.,...f. gioWMg no'aM''rsa comtog or ycirr(!awnnd ijie evwinpanyisM i addittoal frfomsittXi tbeanjbjeotiof'whfch - a 0 unwrv inv appei papers to the Federal morfalists Jav elected Jeesrst li a special messenger to bear respectfully aakryoor hone male him swccB9pensation Hpjil' may deem just.' 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